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A look back at this week in financial news

The first trading week of 2012 kicked off with a lot of overall positivity, and despite trailing off by Friday

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Traditional party affiliation among gigantic hurdles

Richard Young engages in a thought experiment about Herman Cain winning the Republican primary (still a long shot) and going on to challenge President Barack Obama in the 2012 general election. He concludes that Cain can safely split the black vote with Obama. Two African-Americans running against each other for the American presidency would be [...]